Consider joint peer-led sessions for Welcome 2024

Based on current student feedback, explore options for offering joint events for international PGT students during Welcome 2024, offering topic-specific peer-led experience sharing session, and panel-discussion style networking events to enable them to learn from current (outgoing) PGT students, and make connection with other home and international PGT students outside of their immediate department, course or cohort.

Update:

Peer-led sessions specifically for international students were conducted during the Arrivals Weekend of Welcome 2024, in collaboration with the Welcome Team, Student Funding Team, Residential Community Team, IDG Team, and Cyber Security Department.

Events:

• 20/09/2024- Digital Banking and Money Tips (SE Team)
• 21/09/2024- Exploring the UK-Day trips, travel ideas and tips (SE Team)
• 21/09/2024- RCT International Student Panel (support)
• 21/09/2024- Avoiding Scams in the UK (SE Team)

All three SE Team events received positive feedback, with an average rating of 97% recommending that the events be repeated next year, and 88% of students reporting that they felt better prepared for their next steps.

Harmonising PGT course start date (for 2025/26 entry)

Use data to understand student behaviour (entry date to the UK), current departmental engagement (departmental event offering for PGT students), and student sign-up for PGT Welcome Week event sessions (in 2022 and 2023) to establish evidence, gather feedback from colleagues in both professional services and academic departments, convey the benefit of harmonising the PGT course start date to the Monday of Welcome Week and seek approval.

Update:

The proposal has received support from all Faculty Education Boards, SLEEC, and has been approved by the Education Committee on 4 June. See full details of the change including what happens next on this Fact Sheet.